US Patent Issued to Qorvo US on Sept. 22 for "Systems and methods for improving efficiency in a power management circuit" (American, French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,744,448, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to Qorvo US Inc. (Greensboro, N.C.).

"Systems and methods for improving efficiency in a power management circuit" was invented by Baker Scott (San Jose, Calif.), George Maxim (Saratoga, Calif.), Nadim Khlat (Cugnaux, France), Hui Liu (San Diego) and David Edward Reed (Calhan, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for improving efficiency in a power management circuit are disclosed. In one aspect, a ping-pong sample and hold circuit smooth transitions from buck to boost (and vice versa) modes of operation for a direct current-to-direct current (DC-DC) converter in the power man...